Game Creation and Careers: Insider Secrets from Industry Experts
by Marc Saltzman
Get expert advice on all aspects of game creation from the masters of the games. Saltzman reveals expert advice via interviews with the industry's best-known and most admired game designers like Wil Wright, Peter Molyneux, and Tommy Tallarico, just to name a few. Throughout Masters of the Game, Marc Saltzman chats with more than 150 ofthe world's most-connected, top-notch game designers about how to create stellar games and break into the business today. Topics covered include creating games for the new generation platforms such as X-Box, Playstation 2, and GameCube - including online console game design tips and techniques. Massively multiplayer computer games, PDAs, and cell phone game development are also addressed. Saltzman discusses in detail the business side of the game industry, and the pros and cons of working with well-known franchises. Additionally, readers learn how to successfully sell their own shareware via the internet and how to produce PR and marketing on a shoestring. There is also a section on game design schools and courses, plus key conventions, organizations, and publications. Finally, readers find dozens of rare, never-before-seen sketches, storyboards, 3D renders, and documents. This in-depth reference is a "must read" for anyone in the game industry.
About the Author
Marc Saltzman has reported on the bourgeoning consumer technology industry for the past seven years as a freelance journalist, author, lecturer, consultant, and radio and TV personality. His specialties lie in video gaming, computer software and hardware, Internet trends, gadgets, and consumer electronics. Along with his weekly syndicated columns with Gannett News Service, USAToday, and CNN, Marc contributes to more than three dozen prominent publications, including USA Today
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Game Creation and Careers: Insider Secrets from Industry Experts
by Marc Saltzman
Paperback: 720 pages, Publisher: New Riders Games; 1st edition (June 27, 2003); List Price: $49.99 - buy now: Price: $34.99 and You Save: $15.00
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